A man from Chicago... (thelemmy.club)

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[-] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

I think this scheme would have garage rhyme with Chicago?

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

This seems to be limerick where lines 3 and 4 are compacted into one long line based on the meter of it.

Those have a rhyming pattern of AABBA, which means Chicago, trouble, and yubble should rhyme.

[-] Leg@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

Doesn't seem that way to me? Lines 3 and 4 seem fine as two separate lines, and I'd expect a scheme of ABAB, but because it doesn't rhyme that way, it's more like ABCB (which is pretty awkward) where "garage" functions as an ill-fitting slant rhyme for "Chicago". I suppose "trouble" is kind of a slant rhyme for "Chicago" too though, so AA fits, but then we have AABA with that scheme. Not sure where AABBA can fit.

[-] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

If you got AABA:

he left his/her car, (B) at the airport garage (B)

And that produces AABBA, a limerick with bad rhyming.

[-] Leg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

Oh I totally see it now. Rhyming car and a garage, splitting line 3 into two lines. Dunno why I derped on that.

So Chicago is a slant rhyme for trouble and yubble, and car a poor slant rhyme for garage. I think you're right on the money.

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